S*0605 Resolution, By Hawkins
 A SENATE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MR. AND MRS. J.W. LAWRENCE, JOHN F.
 LAWRENCE, JAY KING, AND FAMILY OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE
 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWSPAPER, THE NEWS LEADER, AND TO EXTEND BEST
 WISHES TO THE PAPER FOR THE FUTURE.

   03/09/05  Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-21

TO CONGRATULATE MR. AND MRS. J.W. LAWRENCE, JOHN F. LAWRENCE, JAY KING, AND FAMILY OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWSPAPER, THE NEWS LEADER, AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO THE PAPER FOR THE FUTURE.

Whereas, The News Leader is one of the oldest traditions in Landrum and has been publishing the weekly news of the community for fifty years; and

Whereas, founded on February 4, 1955, by James Walton "J.W." Lawrence and his wife Dorris Hughes Lawrence, The News Leader, first known as The Landrum Leader, has never missed an issue since it began, despite a devastating fire to the original printing office; and

Whereas, the newspaper operation began with J.W. and Dorris Lawrence soliciting advertisements, collecting news and selling subscriptions for one dollar and fifty cents per year; and

Whereas, The News Leader has been providing its readers with informative material from a local perspective since its first issue fifty years ago, and has maintained its policy statement to "support whole heartedly, only those objectives that are conclusive to the building of a better community for the people in the areas which we serve"; and

Whereas, The News Leader is published in Landrum, South Carolina and serves over 10,000 readers in Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties, and Polk County in North Carolina; and

Whereas, the current Editor of The News Leader is Mr. Jay King; and

Whereas, today the second generation of the Lawrence family, John F. Lawrence, still serves along with his father as Editors Emeriti; with J.W. Lawrence continuing to write weekly columns, making him the oldest active weekly newspaper editor in the State. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That, by this resolution, the members of the South Carolina Senate congratulate Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lawrence, John F. Lawrence, Jay King, and family of Spartanburg County on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the newspaper, The News Leader, and extend best wishes to the paper for the future.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lawrence, Mr. John F. Lawrence, and Mr. Jay King.